Thursday, June 30, 2005
Developers Behind the Podium
Like it or not, at some point in your career as a software developer you will have to give a presentation. These kinds of experience range from presentations in front of managers, other developers/architects, clients, conferences, etc. Many developers dread this - especially those who tend to be introverted and more concerned with technical details than intrapersonal communication skills. On top of this, even those programmers who have the gift of glib can choke in front of an audience.
Read the full article here
Read the full article here
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
IBM's Community Source Could Redefine RUP
BetaNews posted an interview today with Doug Heintzman, VP of Strategy and Technology for IBM's Software Group; the focus of the article was on IBM's new Community Source initiative, a hybrid open/closed source development strategy. Read More...
Monday, June 13, 2005
Investigative Analysis
Today I found myself in the position of having to rewrite a stack of use cases, originally written by a business analyst contracted for a project we’re working on. This got me thinking about requirements, about the criteria by which we judge a set of specifications to be usable and about the steps required to craft a quality requirements document. Read more...
Tuesday, June 07, 2005
Macromedia Announces Eclipse Plug-in
Macromedia announced today an Eclipse plug-in to allow developers to create Flash-based applications in the popular open-source IDE:
Eclipse Flash Plug-in
So, at least one of my predictions has proven out.
Eclipse Flash Plug-in
So, at least one of my predictions has proven out.
Saturday, June 04, 2005
How Apple Can Move to x86 Successfully
